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Overview
Stories by the ton, Americana music with extra spice! Featuring the hypnotically resonant voice of Rory Ellis, in turn playing all things acoustic, joined by harmonica master Christian Marsh. Together they perform songs from their new duo album "We Can't Dance" and songs from Rory's last 10 media acclaimed albums.
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Reviews
"I don’t pretend to be an aficionado of the blues genre, the ear drums have had many tunes from doc watson, j d crowe and various others, mainly bluegrass singers and instrumentalists, pass by them. I know little but i know what i like. Rory Ellis, perry stenbeck and steffan sorensen blew me away. If stage presence ever made a difference then australian ellis had us hooked with that alone. His craic, quips and stories knitted into the set were a real belly laugh. He had the crowd all pinned back with tales of the one and love. The song ground forward and midway through he uncovered the true focus of the love in question, a 65 pontiac. Classic! My better half described ellis’s voice as a proper man’s voice and fantastically melodic. I couldn’t put it better. Is it like seasick steve or darius rucker of hootie and the blowfish at all? Maybe not and who cares! This trio met at the shetland folk festival in 2008 and now collaborate. As they said it’s tough to get together to practice given ellis is down under and the other two live in denmark. It works though, this was only the third gig together and they just go together. Stenbeck plays electric guitar leads as good as mark knopfler and sorensen’s base lines were a real treat, particularly on the lovely swinging the gift, penned like them all by ellis. It is a song about the beauty of getting older, you ain’t getting old at all you are perfectly damaged, i’m pinching that line." - Review from cullivoe as part of the Shetland Folk Festival by Brian Johnson of the Shetland Times, May 2012
"Sunday started with a performance of real quality from the rory ellis duo. After a long Saturday, which had been enjoyed to the fullest by all, ellis was the perfect choice to begin sunday's proceedings. A veteran of the festival scene, Ellis and his partner in crime Alex Roberts steadily coaxed us from our hangovers with a country-influenced blues set delivered with flair and the deep, hypnotic, stonecarved vocal style that identifies Ellis as a uniquely talented performer." - Maryport Blues Festival 2010 review, Tuesday 27th July, 2010
